Actually with iOS 7 CTTelephonyNetworkInfo.currentRadioAccessTechnology (their API docs haven't been updated yet, strange, but it is in the public header) you can discern which type of cellular radio signal it is now. We haven't updated our implementation because it is iOS 7 only.
currentRadioAccessTechnology (NSString*) - The current radio access technology the device is registered with. May be NULL if device is not registered on any network. ³you¹re on cellular (unspecified type)² on most of the platforms. > > Everyone was demanding something more specific than that, and yet none of > the OS vendors are offering it, and in reality nothing useful can be done > w/ it. >